Russia explained the violation of airspace by the Turkish air defense maneuver – RBC

Airbase Hmeymim in Syria

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The reasons for the violation of Turkish airspace Bondarev told in an interview to “Komsomolskaya Pravda”. According to him, when a Russian fighter took place along the border with Turkey, the instrument showed that “some ground air defenses are trying to do the capture war machine.” Because of this, he tells Bondarev, the pilot was forced to “in seconds” to make anti-missile maneuver. “Well, a little got into the Turkish sky”, – concluded the Commander of videoconferencing.

Earlier, the Russian Defense Ministry, recognizing the violation of the airspace of Turkey, explained the incident by adverse weather conditions. As explained in the Defense Ministry, “airbase Hmeymim is located about 30 km from the Syrian-Turkish border, under certain climatic conditions of entry to the airfield carried out in the north, so the incident – a consequence of adverse weather conditions in the region».

Turkish airspace violations happened on October 3. Two days later, Turkey reported the violation of its airspace Russia. The incident caused an emergency meeting of NATO representatives. The organization called the violation of Turkish airspace “extremely dangerous and irresponsible».

As reported in mid-October, Foreign Minister of Turkey, earlier this month, Russian aircraft twice violated Turkish airspace. In the period from 3 to 10 October the Russian planes 13 times approached dangerously with the Turkish Air Force on the border with Syria.

October 16, Turkish authorities reported downed an unidentified bespilotnike. Later, the Turkish media reported that the drone shot down Russian production unit turned “Orlan-10.” Shortly after the incident, Prime Minister of Turkey Ahmet Davutoglu said that Turkey would shoot down planes that intrude into its airspace. “Yesterday, we downed drone. If it was a plane, we would have done the same, “- said Davutoglu.

October 13 representatives of the Turkish Armed Forces reported that the missile system located in Syria, made a” hostile acts “against the Turkish military aircraft.